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This fascinating book will interest anyone wanting to learn more about the relationship between mathematics and the arts

Includes bibliographical references

Space and geometry -- Motions on the plane -- The many symmetries of planar objects -- The many objects with planar symmetries -- Reflections on the mirror -- A raw material -- Stretching the plane -- Aural wallpaper -- The dawn of perspective -- A repertoire of drawing systems -- The vicissitudes of perspective -- The vicissitudes of geometry -- Symmetries in non-Euclidean geometries -- The shape of the universe -- Appendix: Rule-driven creation

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